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Comments Showing 1-7 of 7 (7 new)

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message 1: by Erin (new)

Erin I have a deep interest in radical/alternative education. I hadn't heard of Walking On Water though, and now I definitely want to check it out! I just returned from the AERO Conference on alternative education, which is where I got some of the books I just added to this list.


message 2: by Steven (new)

Steven Harbin I've added a few books to the list that I urge anyone interested in radical/alternative education to check out, especially Paulo Friere and James Herndon. Great idea for a list by the way! I'm adding some of these that I hadn't heard of to my list to check out.


message 3: by Barry (last edited Aug 19, 2012 12:05AM) (new)

Barry Mernin Wonderful list. Many that I have yet to read. Check my blog: http://barrymernin.wordpress.com/


message 4: by Mozah (new)

Mozah Thank you very much


message 5: by Amalie (new)

Amalie Who on earth added 'Twilight' to this list! (no. 310)


message 6: by Stef (new)

Stef Rozitis yes that seems unhelpful :(


message 7: by Stef (new)

Stef Rozitis Steven wrote: "I've added a few books to the list that I urge anyone interested in radical/alternative education to check out, especially Paulo Friere and James Herndon. Great idea for a list by the way! I'm addi..."

I love freire so I will check out herndon!


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